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Our mission: Bringing practical business and technical intelligence to today's structured cabling professionals

For more than 30 years, Cabling Installation & Maintenance has provided useful, practical information to professionals responsible for the specification, design, installation and management of structured cabling systems serving enterprise, data center and other environments. These professionals are challenged to stay informed of constantly evolving standards, system-design and installation approaches, product and system capabilities, technologies, as well as applications that rely on high-performance structured cabling systems. Our editors synthesize these complex issues into multiple information products. This portfolio of information products provides concrete detail that improves the efficiency of day-to-day operations, and equips cabling professionals with the perspective that enables strategic planning for networks’ optimum long-term performance.

Throughout our annual magazine, weekly email newsletters and 24/7/365 website, Cabling Installation & Maintenance digs into the essential topics our audience focuses on.

  • Design, Installation and Testing: We explain the bottom-up design of cabling systems, from case histories of actual projects to solutions for specific problems or aspects of the design process. We also look at specific installations using a case-history approach to highlight challenging problems, solutions and unique features. Additionally, we examine evolving test-and-measurement technologies and techniques designed to address the standards-governed and practical-use performance requirements of cabling systems.
  • Technology: We evaluate product innovations and technology trends as they impact a particular product class through interviews with manufacturers, installers and users, as well as contributed articles from subject-matter experts.
  • Data Center: Cabling Installation & Maintenance takes an in-depth look at design and installation workmanship issues as well as the unique technology being deployed specifically for data centers.
  • Physical Security: Focusing on the areas in which security and IT—and the infrastructure for both—interlock and overlap, we pay specific attention to Internet Protocol’s influence over the development of security applications.
  • Standards: Tracking the activities of North American and international standards-making organizations, we provide updates on specifications that are in-progress, looking forward to how they will affect cabling-system design and installation. We also produce articles explaining the practical aspects of designing and installing cabling systems in accordance with the specifications of established standards.

Cabling Installation & Maintenance is published by Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B.

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1 Volatile Stock on Our Buy List and 2 We Ignore

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Two Stocks to Sell:

Floor And Decor (FND)

Rolling One-Year Beta: 1.15

Operating large, warehouse-style stores, Floor & Decor (NYSE: FND) is a specialty retailer that specializes in hard flooring surfaces for the home such as tiles, hardwood, stone, and laminates.

Why Are We Wary of FND?

  1. Lagging same-store sales over the past two years suggest it might have to change its pricing and marketing strategy to stimulate demand
  2. Capital intensity has ramped up over the last year as its free cash flow margin decreased by 3.2 percentage points
  3. ROIC of 9.3% reflects management’s challenges in identifying attractive investment opportunities, and its shrinking returns suggest its past profit sources are losing steam

Floor And Decor’s stock price of $77.93 implies a valuation ratio of 39.6x forward P/E. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including FND in your portfolio.

Terex (TEX)

Rolling One-Year Beta: 1.61

With humble beginnings as a dump truck company, Terex (NYSE: TEX) today manufactures lifting and material handling equipment designed to move and hoist heavy goods and materials.

Why Does TEX Give Us Pause?

  1. Absence of organic revenue growth over the past two years suggests it may have to lean into acquisitions to drive its expansion
  2. Incremental sales over the last two years were much less profitable as its earnings per share fell by 16.3% annually while its revenue grew
  3. 5.4 percentage point decline in its free cash flow margin over the last five years reflects the company’s increased investments to defend its market position

At $51.81 per share, Terex trades at 10.3x forward P/E. To fully understand why you should be careful with TEX, check out our full research report (it’s free).

One Stock to Buy:

Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR)

Rolling One-Year Beta: 1.87

Founded in 1997 by its longtime CEO Michael Hsing, Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ: MPWR) is an analog and mixed signal chipmaker that specializes in power management chips meant to minimize total energy consumption.

Why Will MPWR Beat the Market?

  1. Market share has increased this cycle as its 29.9% annual revenue growth over the last five years was exceptional
  2. Strong free cash flow margin of 30.3% enables it to reinvest or return capital consistently, and its rising cash conversion increases its margin of safety
  3. Market-beating returns on capital illustrate that management has a knack for investing in profitable ventures

Monolithic Power Systems is trading at $888 per share, or 49.7x forward P/E. Is now the right time to buy? See for yourself in our comprehensive research report, it’s free.

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